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...offspring and relatives of former senior party officials. Signs of a power struggle were already evident to some scholars earlier this year, when several senior party officials in Guangdong province and the port city of Tianjin were arrested for corruption. "Corruption arrests are tools [party members] use to launch attacks against each other," says Victor Shih, who teaches political science at Northwestern University and has written a book on élite Chinese politics. Because corruption is so widespread in China, says a Western diplomat in the capital, any senior-level arrest is seen as politically motivated. "You could throw...
...risks. Reva faces a growing list of potential competitors that plan to launch all-electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles over the next several years. GM's Chevy Volt is expected to debut in the U.S. in 2010; BMW says it will test-market an electric car in Britain and other countries later this year; while Renault-Nissan plans to make an electric car by 2012. A Frost & Sullivan study reckons that by 2020, at least 15% of all new cars sold will be electric. (See the 50 worst cars of all time...
...Nano of electric cars," referring to the world's cheapest car, the Tata Nano, which sells for about $2,000. But that mantle may not have time to stick. India's Tata Motors, in partnership with the Norwegian electric-car research-and-development firm Miljoebil Grenland, plans to launch an all-electric version of the Nano in Norway early next year...
...second, a technical-safeguards agreement, will enable India to launch non-commercial satellites containing U.S. components, while an agreement to set up a science-and-technology endowment fund will allow more cooperation in those fields...
...eight-inch (20 cm) LCD screen that directs the dual images to the left and right eyes, creating the 3-D effect. The other option is 3-D prints, which are made with a clear plastic overlay that acts as a kind of 3-D lens. Fujifilm plans to launch an online service that will make 3-D prints for consumers...